Matisse

1937 · réf. 120330 — 1937. First Edition. TƒRIADE Efstratios ELEFTHERIADES Efstratios. Verve. Volume 1 Numbers 1. Paris: Imprimerie des Beaux-Arts 1937. Folio 10-1/2 by 14 inches original paper wrappers. $1700.First American edition of the first issue of Verve published in Paris in 1937 featuring cover art by Matisse along with numerous heliogravures many full color original lithographs by artists such as Leger and Mir— along with articles by Dos Passos Garcia Lorca and Gide and much more.""Fifty years ago in Paris the magazine to look for was Verve which first came out in December 1937 and kept going in one form or another till 1960. That first cover by Henri Matisse sang out from the other side of the street in a way that made us run across the road to look at it more closely. And when we turned its pages Verve had a bosomy full-fleshed slightly slithery quality that this former subscriber would know in his sleep"" John Russell. Art critic Efstratios Eleftheriades under the nom de plume ""TŽriade"" founded Verve with the financial assistance of David Smart publisher of Esquire. ""The magazine a quarterly review of arts and letters was lavish in design and challenging in content. Teriade's view of the world of art and literature was personal bold and compelling"" Rick Gagliano. In addition to the original lithographic front wrapper by Matisse this volume's premiere issue of Verve Vol. 1 No. 1 features original lithographs by Mir— and Leger heliogravures of photographs by Man Ray Brassa• articles by Matisse Gide Dos Passos and Garcia Lorca previously unpublished letters and drawings by Cezanne and the first printed illustration of Picasso's Guernica. First American edition published same year as the French with text translated into English by Robert Sage. Hanneman C278. Slocum C93. Contemporary owner signature. Small gold label subscription information on title page.Plates and text fine expert repairs to text block and original wrappers. unknown